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Originally Posted by gurellia53
Assemble the chain without a master link by using normal links. I have been working on other parts of the robot, but somehow we were able to push the pins through on normal chain links.
Some people on our team do not like master links for whatever reason and insist on not using them, but it seems impractical to not use them.
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Seriously?! I have serious doubts that the strength of a chain that has been broken and reassembled with the same pin/links would be anywhere near as strong as a master link. As soon as you pop that pin through I imagine you are not going to ever get the same fit as the pin has when the chain is first manufactured/assembled. Maybe (maybe) if you had a technique to expand the ends of the pin to re-fix them to the outer plates of the chain, but even then I am skeptical.
I would be very curious to hear an explanation of how/why people are not using master links. I think it might be in your best interest to investigate how the chain is installed on your machine if no master links were used
